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.'Vl WILMETTE LIFE December 17, 1926 WILMETTE. LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OP EACH WBBK by t.LOVD IIOLLISTER, INC!. 1~22 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: G N. Mic\llgan Ave. Tel. State 6326 tJUBSCB.IPTION PRICE ..·.......·.·. Q.IO A YEAR a real prospect of a hon1e of their ,o wn, will appreciate the happiness of the North Shore Congregation. The pride that a hostess feels in entertaining friends in her own home this religious organization will soon expenence. Telepllone ....·...........······...···.·. Wilmette 1110 All communlca ttons ·must be accompanied by the name and · address of the writer. Articles for pub. ltcatfon must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to :nsure Elt.·Pearance in current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other cttfatrs where an Atimlttance charg-e Is published, wtll be charged at regula:- advertising rates. Entered at the post office at Wilmette, I11lnols, as mail matter of the st>cond cJass, under the · act or ~"uch 3. 1879. THE DISCIPLINE OF WISDOM R;ch labour is the struggle to be wise, While we make wre the struggle cannot cease. Else better were it in some bower of peace Slothful to swing, contending with the flies . You point at Wisdom fixed on lofty skies, As m;rl barbarian hordes a sculptured Greece: She falls. To live and shine she grows her fleece , Is shorn, and rubs with follies and with lies. So following her, your hewing may attain The right to speak ·unto the mute, and shun That sly temptation of the illumined brain . Deliveries oracular, self-spun. Who sweats not with the flock will seek in vain To shed the words which are ripe fruit of sun . -GEORGE MEREDITH 'C p to the present no better regula tor. of traffic at street intersections has been mvented than the stop and go system of lights. Indeed it would be very difficult to imagine a Stop and better means of keeping Lights cars smoothly moving and of preventi;1g collisions. Sometimes traff1c is held up \\'hei1 there is no need at all fot its stopping, hut for free dom from faults most of the time the stop and go lights take the prize. WORK Work is the only thing that keeps a man happy: . Six or five -and -a- half days a week he works like J slave , And then for a day and a half or so he cases up . But if he didn't work there'd be no need for rest . He gets up early in the morning to get to work early : He eats lunch early so that he can get back to work rarly; Oinrs early so that he can get to sleep early That he can get to work early. His whole life pivots about his work. Happy is the man who likes his work: Then every day is a holiday . \Vhen I was a boy I didn't like to work; Mowin g the lawn and shoveling the walks hated : Going to the grocery store was a burden: And washing mr neck was very distasteful. So the only way to get me to go was promise nf reward And a bushel or two of praise. But how I loved to play and fool around , And eat and sleep and go on a vacation. A baseball game was my greatest joy, · One whole cat" or "sides ." No one had to urge me to hunt for bull frogs. Or go out into the woods for chestnuts. B'ut when I grew older I liked work more : Until now l' d rather work than car. Of course you don't belie\'C me. But that doesn 't make any difference . · The Christmas Holidays arc coming, And I'm wondering how to spend them: Perhaps you 'II tell me. Go ~Iorcvcr. as one grows accustomed to .them. he governs himself accordingly. Seeing the green about to come on he speeds up a little, knowing that he can make the crossing safely. Or being warned by the orange light that the red is ·coming, he slows down, knowing that there is no need of hurrying. The Girl Scouts of Glencoe are dressing dolls to he sent later to Japan. And for v.rhat purpose? To help establish friendship among the nations of World world. We know of no higher. ideal than this· internaFriendship tional friendship. To be pro- · Incidentallv, we note that driver s of cars moted not by cold and calare to be a;rested if they don't stop at culating diplomacy but by sin1ple, sincere, through streets. It's a good thing, bt_ l t we warm, friendly acts, like dressing and send,can't believe that it will get them into the ing dolls from one country to another. habit of stopping. The world is not made up of officials, ambassadors, warring armies, but of human On the 7th of December we wished we beings-tnen, women and children. And had more than tw.o feet. Had we been · a the surest way of gaining th'"e friendship of men and women is by being on friendly quadruped or even a tripod \\'C might not have felt our way so gingerly nor have terms with the boys and girls. Reports are current of a coming break seemed so funny as we did \\'hen one of between China and the Great Powers. An our feet struck . a strip of glare icc and the ultimate antagonistic attitude between the only other one we had served a s a balanctwo parties seemed to have been reached. ing pole. If we'd been a tripod at least two A mos~ unpleasant situation is perhaps ap- of our feet would have been on the ground. proaching. Could not this have been made impossible had the two parties been more As usual the girls of Kew Trier high humanly friendly? school are excelling the boys in scholarship. 1 To many the tneth.od of establishing :More than twice as many girls as boys arc friendship by giving dolls seems utterly on the monthly honor roll. 'Twas ever childish. As well try to exti.nguish a giant thus, and 'twill ever be thus. The lad of conflagration by throwing on it spoonfuls high school age is passing through th · .: of water. But the analogy is false. Little storm and stress period, when high grades deeds of kindness have wiped out fet.ds of don't seem t,o him especially attractive. long standing. The force ,o f love is mighty, even though untried. A cup of cold water It's been coming for the past dozen years, in the name o flove performs miracles. the through truck road from Evanston through Glencoe. Winnetka has recently opened a sizeable stretch from Winnetka When an organization, which has had no permanent hotne, does on one fine day see Avenue to Oak, and is actively planning to continue north to T,o wer Road. We'll see its way clear to build its own abiding place, it gives abundant oc- it all clone before we leave for other worlds. An Abiding casion for congratulation. vVe seize the occasion and 'F ather-and-son a,ffairs thrill us in an unPlace extend a congratulatory wonted_way. Even pictures such as Van hand to the members o~ Dyck's "Richardot and His Son~' touch our the North Shore Congregation, telling them usually cool heat t. When sons are fathers' how pleased we are that they are planning guest::, at luncheons and dinners the bond to build at once a home of their own. between the two generations is being shortened and strengthened. Ever hear of Individuals who, while living in rented flats or houses, have been able at last to get a mother-and-daughter event? Chicago is making much usc of these lights; Evanston is putting them in at all busy corners; no\\' \Vilmette is to try th em out at Ridge and Lake. :\nd it will not be long before the business areas of all north ~hare towns will be equipped with them. l\faybe, they can he so located and operated at the corner of Center and Elm in \\in netka that life there \vill at lea st seem a 'little safer during rush hours. - fn. TilE FJLOSOPII ER. The Answer . fn C':l~t· ~-~, ll HI'· · ll "t inform ·· d , W· · h ··g- tu ;u l\·i ~· · th ;tt Fil g-t'l~ pr· ·l'is··ly thr· ·· · mr>nth~' Y<H'ati"n during- tl 1· · ~Lllllll1f'l', thr···· d ;t y~ at Thanksgivin~~: , two w .. ··ks ;~t ('hrif;tmas t im, ·, an ., tiH ·r W··· ·k Ht tl~< · h o lida~· .s of t IJ,. yt ·;tr . J · :a~t··rtid.·, plus ;Ill AU REVOIR It is with ck('pest regret that we come forth with the announcement that our good friend Doc Te st i. to lca\'e thi s shi\'cring clime next ~aturday to he gone fc1r the winter - perhaps n·(·n for a yrar or llHli'C. Doc is lleaded f(Jr San nenito. Cameron County. Tt: xas. to ra iS t' more gra pri ru it for \Vihncttr breakfa st table s. \Y e' ll mis s so reh· the comments of this cmin<"nt authority on all branches (I[ spnrt. including haschall, - football. howling (particular)~· in the ,,·omrn\ IL':-tgtt<' l. wrest ling and h(J-...:ing, t ~> s ay nothing of that crlekatcd indoor pa-..timc " ·herein three -of -a -kin d heats two-pair. Short· Lints s hall hope to hl' ar frnm Doc at ircqtl{'nt intervals. A WRY(E) JEST Dr, God sall, leader of th e Att!:>tralian contin get.lcy ~hat so carnt stly uphelcl tht· pet hClhhy of umvcrstty profe ss ors at the big internat io nal yocal sc rap clown at 1\. l'. la st Friday night O\'rr "high er education." remarked in reply t o a (]ttitr poten~ thrust at Australian kangaroo s-"ycs we have them but we arc much better ofT than ,·ou here in America, where C\'Cil hops arc forbid;len. But tl;c~t ·." he added, "its much better to ha\·e prCl htbttJon than no drink at all." - Hub Hello, Bill! ~st. year at. t.his season we were called upon to aad an provtd1ng a Christmas fund for onE"8'11" Saund er$, veteran W'l I 1 melle postman, who had then ~en confined to a hospital for many months. Ball got a fine purse as a result of his friends' appreciation of his faithful service. This sea't!on we are happy to learn that Bill ia fit again and will resume his duties at the post office the first of the year. Un<" UI>On a tinw tht·rt· wa!i a fl'llt·r who ~Plt·t't(· tl ~ nP gift for a <' ,·t·ta in )lt·rson, in thl· shaJW of a. wr.1t111g- dPsk st·.t. < 'anw a nws~ag· ,, from Uw dl'lkatt· point of the Rift JH ' Il n·acting· - "Pl .. ast.· :-:ay at once wh;.H Yl·tt'll have for Christmas." )loral-~hop early, matl early, and, for g-ooclne::.;s ::.;ak<·, omit the "Do Xot H Open "Vntil Christmas." )fiQl!E